Sleep control and management across multiple platform sleep and bed environments

Abstract

Beds may include environmental control components, which may be temperature control components and pressure adjustment components in some embodiments. The environmental control components may be configured, for example by a controller, to provide different sleep environments based on identity of sleepers using or expected to use the bed. The controller may receive information as to how to configure the components based on one or more sleep profiles for sleepers expected to use the bed. The sleep profiles may be received from a server, or received from a smartphone of a sleeper. The sleep profiles may be deleted from the bed after use.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A method for providing control of a sleep environment across multiple sleep platforms, comprising:
 storing at least one sleep profile, for a user, on a server;   providing the at least one sleep profile to a first bed configured to condition a sleep environment based on one or more sleep profiles;   conditioning the sleep environment of the first bed using the at least one sleep profile;   providing information regarding the conditioned sleep environment of the first bed and sleep status of the user to the server for use in modifying the at least one sleep profile;   providing the at least one sleep profile to a second bed configured to condition a sleep environment based on one or more sleep profiles; and   conditioning the sleep environment of the second bed using the at least one sleep profile.   
     
     
         2 . The method of  claim 1 , further comprising providing information regarding the conditioned sleep environment of the second bed and sleep status of the user to the server for use in modifying the at least one sleep profile. 
     
     
         3 . The bed system of  claim 1 , wherein the at least one sleep profile is provided to the second bed in response to the user being assigned a room containing the second bed. 
     
     
         4 . A method for providing control of a sleep environment across multiple sleep platforms, comprising:
 receiving at least one sleep profile from a first bed configured to condition a sleep environment based on the at least one sleep profile;   transporting the at least one sleep profile to a second bed configured to condition a sleep environment based one or more sleep profiles; and   conditioning the sleep environment of the second bed using the at least one sleep profile.   
     
     
         5 . The method of  claim 4 , wherein the at least one sleep profile is transported to the second bed using a smartphone. 
     
     
         6 . The method of  claim 5 , wherein the smart phone receives the at least one sleep profile from the first bed by way of wireless communications, and the smart phone transmits the at least one sleep profile to the second bed by way of wireless communications. 
     
     
         7 . The method of  claim 4 , wherein the at least one sleep profile is transported to the second bed by transmitting the at least one sleep profile over a network from the first bed to the second bed. 
     
     
         8 . The method of  claim 4 , wherein the at least one sleep profile is stored on a server. 
     
     
         9 . The method of  claim 8 , wherein the at least one sleep profile is transmitted from the first bed to the server over a network. 
     
     
         10 . The method of  claim 9 , wherein the at least one sleep profile is transmitted from the server to the second bed over a network. 
     
     
         11 . The method of  claim 4 , further comprising determining that the sleep profile should be deleted from the second bed; and deleting the sleep profile from the second bed in response to determining that the sleep profile should be deleted from the second bed. 
     
     
         12 . The method of  claim 11 , wherein the determination that the sleep profile should be deleted from the second bed is made based upon a determination that a user associated with the sleep profile has checked out of a hotel. 
     
     
         13 . The method of  claim 12 , wherein the determination is made based upon an input made into a compute device associated with the second bed. 
     
     
         14 . A bed system, comprising:
 a sleep surface;   sensors configured to sense sleepers on the sleep surface;   components for conditioning a sleep environment of the sleep surface;   a controller, within a frame of a bed of the bed system, configured to receive information from the sensors and to provide commands to the components for conditioning the sleep environment based on a sleep profile; and   a compute device, external to the frame of the bed of the bed system, configured to receive a request to delete the sleep profile from the bed system and configured to command deletion of the sleep profile from the bed system responsive to receipt of the request.   
     
     
         15 . The bed system of  claim 14 , wherein the compute device comprises a tablet computer. 
     
     
         16 . The bed system of  claim 15 , wherein the request to delete the sleep profile from the bed system comprises an input to the tablet computer indicating a request to delete the sleep profile from the bed system. 
     
     
         17 . The bed system of  claim 16 , wherein the tablet computer is configured to transmit, to the controller, a command to delete the sleep profile from the bed system. 
     
     
         18 . The bed system of  claim 17 , wherein the controller is configured to delete the sleep profile from memory associated with the controller.